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What I'm Releasing; What I'm Calling In

What I'm Releasing; What I'm Calling In

Douglas Finkelstein
November 14, 2024

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What I'm Releasing; What I'm Calling In

In a recent Slow The Fuck Down event, Mychal led us through a simple but powerful exercise: getting clear on what we’re releasing and what we’re calling in.

Contemplating these shifts isn’t a one-time To-Do List task—it’s setting an intention to be upheld with consistency, focusing my conscious energy on what I want to release and what I’m ready to welcome in…so that my subconscious (AKA my inner child AKA the universe AKA god) can work behind the scenes to create the scenes of my life I desire.

Where attention and intention go, energy flows. Meditating on these choices is like planting seeds for real change.

What I’m Releasing:

• Shame about the money I’m making – This is my biggest area of release…letting go of persistent thought patterns around my financial worth, seeing it for what it is without attaching shame or self-judgment.

• Scarcity rumination – Freeing myself from the worry of what I don’t have, or the idea of not having ‘enough’ by some elusive, ever-changing metric.

• Grasping – Letting go of the urge to control outcomes and to force things to happen sooner than they’re meant to.

What I’m Calling In:

• Boundaries – Clear boundaries (and honoring them) to protect my energy and let me be fully present.

• Total trust in divine timing – Fully embracing the idea that things unfold exactly when they’re meant to.

• Pauses – Intentionally committing to moments to stop and just be, so I can explore the only time I have ever and will ever live in…the present.

• Courage – Making the correct choice as often as I can—which always includes moving through fear.

• Self-love – True compassion for myself, whether I’m creating or taking time to rest.

I’ve pinned this list from my journal in front of my meditation spot, where I see it each day. It’s only been a few days, but already I can feel subtle shifts.

Spaciousness. Harmony with the unfolding of time. A quieter mind.

Paradoxically, it is NOT worrying about making something happen faster that ALLOWS it to happen more quickly.

Easier said than done…but that’s why it’s a practice, not a task on my To-Do List.

If this practice resonates with you, or if you’re working on your own ‘release and call-in’ list, I’d love to hear about it! Drop me a reply to let me know what intentions you’re focusing on in your life.